Stonewalls & Old Roads

[The Rebel]

I’ve been hiking several old abandoned roads in the woods. They are on the 1867 maps and no houses are shown to be along them. Some of these roads might be 6 miles long.

The old roads in some places are boarded by stonewalls to the left & right, which I figure were put there to help guide travelers by letting them know they were on the main road & not on some side road. In other places the border walls just end and the road continues. When I see the areas with the border walls I feel like I’m coming into an area where a cellar hole might be but I do not see any possible evidence of one, even when there is a definite opening in the wall that says to me come on in.

When looking at the aerial satellite maps I also see stonewalls go off in all directions that are squared off so these must have been pens, grazing fields…etc..

What I can’t figure out is why out in the middle of nowhere they spent so much time squaring these areas off. In my mind there has to be a cellar hole someplace that these squared off areas belonged to.

Love to hear some of your thoughts on the subject.

Thanks in advance,
Roger

 

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Roger
Maybe cabin sites there,before your maps...most cabins have no cellar hole....so look for the iron patch that tells you where the dwelling was.
Gary

 

[JOHUNT]

Good tip G.A..P.! Come to think, I came accross one like that last year.
How's the critter season been up there for you. Totaled my car the day before gun opener. Got 1 doe for the freezer anyway. Haven't laid a single trap either. Once yote season closes I'll be on the TH again.

 

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JOHUNT
I saw 3 good sized bucks in the pasture before the season 2,6point...1,8point opening day they were gone...got some big wolf`s here now so no coyotes, see some turkeys.
Can`t wait for warmer weather got a new Tek. Omega with 3 coils to try out in the dirt. and some outhouses to dig.
Gary
I have 1860 maps...and know 20 cabin sites that aren't on those maps... so no houses on the old road,i look for turns on that road or the Iron Patch.
Gary